No we are not dead, just homeschooling!

Sorry for the lack of blog postings. I do have pictures to post, and Abby has more gymnastics coming up so wait in anticipation, it will be coming soon!!!!!

Welcome King Peter, Queen Susan, Tinkerbell, and Claire-bell.

We are still buzzing from the sugar high, but we had a great Reformation party at church. The kids had fun dressing up and playing games. Even Brian got into costume! (I went as a tired mom who has had sick kids all week!!!!)


We welcome all guesses as to what Brian went as!








The clouds parted to welcome the arrival of the cheetoh stealing ballerina! (ok, so we were to cheap to buy Claire a costume and just put a ballerina skirt on her!)

Videos of Abby's routines (bar, beam, vault, floor)

Abby's favorite was the bar, though the medal she won was for beam. Enjoy!!
Bar Routine

Beam Routine

Vault

Floor

Results from the competition!

Here are the quick details and then we will post pictures and video later! Abby won 3rd place on the beam, 5th on floors and bars, and 4th all-around. She did really well especially considering this was her first meet. Way to go Abby!

Visiting The Sick- by Brian Croft

I spend a lot of time posting about the kids and not much about my husband. However I have a great opportunity to share with you what Brian has been spending his free time working on. He has been working a book on visiting the sick and it is FINALLY done! Mark Dever was kind enough to offer to write the forward for it and the book has been endorsed by a wide variety of people. It is going to officially be released mid-November and is available for pre-order here.
The book has been published by DayOne publishing which is based out of the UK. (not the University of Kentucky, the OTHER UK!) So if you want to read more about the book and see some of the endorsements you can click on the book on the sidebar and it will take you to DayOne's website. Congratulations to you Brian, I am very proud of all the hard work you have put into this. Love You!!!

Abby's 1st competition is Saturday!

That's right folks, it is finally here! Abby has been counting down the days and is ready to compete. (who are we kidding, she was born ready to compete!!) Here is a picture of her fine tuning her best moves in her competition leotard. We will take some video this weekend and post it after the meet so stay tuned. Until then enjoy Abby's pictures, oh, and Claire! (she wants to do whatever Abby's doing.)




Abby has started training Claire early. Claire's size would finally work to her advantage!

Apologies to those who read our blog.....

I know, I know, it has been awhile since we last blogged. Before you give me any grief remember I have 4 kids, I am homeschooling 3 of them, I have laundry for all 6 of us to do, a toddler who undoes everything, a daughter in competitive gymnastics (which is where we live when we are not home or at church), a son in tennis, and a husband who just happens to be a pastor. (not to mention co op, small group, and doctor's appointments.) So, where have we been? Buried under a pile of laundry!! But here are some pictures for those of you who have read this far. (By the way Abby has her first gymnastics competition a week from today! We will post about that!) With all of that said, sorry for the lack of posting. (I think you will understand)

To Do List

"To Do List"
-take out all my toys,
-take Abby's clothes and put them in Isabelle's drawer
-eat something out of the trash
-hit Samuel with his sword
-take out all of Isabelle's toys
-undress myself
-poop
-play in the potty
-go to bed

Oops, one forgotten picture...

I forgot about this picture from when Will and Rachel came to visit. This was our attempt at entertaining 2 toddlers for a 40 minute car ride to Hubers. (watching Barney!Or so we think!)

October yard work

Since our city is not really helping with clean up from "THE WIND STORM OF '08", we have had to take matters into our own hands. (Notice Claire directing everybody!!! Watch out Abby looks like you have some are going to have some competition.)